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The post Biden Administration Begins Review of Environmental Regulations appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. When the Biden Administration took office in January, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring all federal agencies to review.
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Lawmakers give the EnvironmentalProtection Agency a 3.5% Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the CleanWaterAct review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. increase to $3.26
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EnvironmentalProtection Agency. This includes $936 million for a new Accelerating Environmental and Economic Justice initiative. NOAA NMFS – 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Shortfin Mako Shark as Threatened or Endangered Under the EndangeredSpeciesAct. billion for NOAA, a $1.4
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Congress Senate votes to nullify CleanWaterAct rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. The Biden administration said that rule aims to create a ‘durable’ definition of the Waters of the U.S. The Biden CleanWaterAct rule was released in late December and the rule was originally set to take effect in late March.
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